1st Annual Berryessa Salmon Slam Apr. 2, 2011...IT'S ON!

I'll start stashing the WAF now in order to be able to attend.  Looking forward to it although I've never caught either species from a yak.  There's a first time for everything.

My calender is marked! 
I'm in!!!
Maybe, if it's warm enough then Ash might be in too.
Thank you for putting this together & let me know if I can help!

Naoaki

Nice I will be there and my son and my brother also looking forward to fishing with all of you see you then .

Pat R 

What do guys think of the Logo? Anybody interested in t-shirts?

Cool logo, that's a huge salmon!

Nice logo, shirts would be cool, as long as they are under $20

I'd definitely buy a shirt.  That is an awesome logo, who designed it?

I would buy the shirt!

I'm in, have been itching to try for more kokes.  Shirt sounds cool too--would definitely buy.----Jeff Smith

Awesome logo bro. I'll buy the shirt as well. If you have the sweat shirt I'll buy that too. Thanks Ricci.

Jedmo

yeah I'd be down with a T....anyone camping? I was thinking of heading up Friday fishing for bass, etc. Happy to split a site. I will be sleeping in my truck

Sounds like a blast. Might need to dust off the tandem and see if I can get on of my boys to go along and paddle.

A little camp action would be good.

Are newbies welcome?? I'm new here and don't know any of you guys. I don't even know how to catch these salmons, but I would love to join you guys and give it a try.

I am def in, and will make a bunch of pink hoochies to hand out if guys want them. You have to have your own dodger though, them cost money! Koke fishing is simple, mark the depth of the thermocline, and the fish, drop your gear at that depth and troll it slow, dead slow. .9-1.2 mph. You can jig them with a small little cleo or cast master tipped with cured shoe peg corn. Use a very light rod, they ahve very soft mouths and the hooks will tear right out if you put too much pressure on them. (kokes) Kings are all out fighters, and I usually get them trolling spoons or hoochies. Pink is usually the hot color for kokes, and watermelon is usually hot for kings and trout. Some people use dipsy divers, I hate them. They are hard to dial in to a specific depth. At this lake that time of year, they will most likely hang between 20-50 feet depth.  What I do in place of a down rigger, is take nylon cord, like mason's string, and tie a knot every five feet. I tie a one pound ball sinker to the end, and use a basic down rigger clip to connect the fishing line to the stringline. I can adjust the depth quick and easy with a slip knot to a caribener. I usually stack two rods off one line, at dif depths and different lengths off the line-less tangels.  I tried two "down lines and they got tangled all the time. Or, topline a rapala or spoon for kings off one side, and fish kokes off the other. That is probably how I will fish being it is a double entry tourney!  I will help the day of the show if guys need to see my set ups.